With tag: green_mountain_power

Two
Canadian utilities are engaged in a bidding war to purchase the state's largest
utility, the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation. And Governor Peter
Shumlin clearly favors one of the bids.
Experts: Canadian Firms May Want Control Over Grid
Comment: What is the better deal?

Vermont's second largest utility says it will buy 20 percent of its power needs from a nuclear power plant in New Hampshire. The new contract will replace one that's about to
expire with Vermont Yankee.

The
state of Vermont and Green Mountain Power have struck a deal that
removes a major obstacle to the utility's Lowell Mountain wind project. The agreement calls for protecting wildlife habitat
that would be affected by the roads and development on the ridgeline.

Green Mountain Power has filed for
permission to build a new wind power project in the Northeast
Kingdom. The wind farm in Lowell would generate enough electricity to power 20,000 homes and would be the largest
generator owned by GMP.

VPR's Steve Zind talks with Green Mountain Power's President and CEO Mary Powell and regulatory expert Dick Saudek about the new 26-year power deal between Vermont's two largest utilities and Hydro-Quebec

The CEO of Green Mountain Power and a regulatory expert explain the role Hydro-Quebec has played in Vermont's energy portfolio, and what the new 26-year deal for hydropower means for the state's energy future. And Lebanon, NH, considers changes to its zoning ordinances.

Supporting renewable energy
projects in Vermont will be a
little bit cheaper. Green Mountain Power won
permission from stte regulators to lower the premium for its "GreenerGMP
program by one cent per kilowatt hour.

Vermont
electric utilities say they're making progress in restoring power to customers
in the southern part of the state of lost power in ice storm, but more than
6,100 customers are still without power.